Chapter 8 Dance

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CHAPTER 8

DANCE


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Dance

Dance involves a series of bodilymovements rhythmically performed andtimed music.

Dance connects people, even if

unconciously to the rhythms of nature. Dance is said to be the oldest of the arts.

Troughout the ages, the dancing body has

inspired the composer, singer, sculptor and

painter in creating their works of art.

For these reasons, dance has been called

the mother of the arts.


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Subject Matter of Dance

1. Abstract motion – is the interrelationships of

bodies in motion, often producing remarkable

abstract shapes and patterns. The medium of

dance is the human body whose movements on

stage often produce sympathetic “movements” in

the audience.

2. Feeling (emotions) – is shown vividly in the

movements and gestures. The body ehibits less

abstractedly in music . !leasure and pain are

normally portrayed.

3. State of Min – involves attitudes, tendencies

that produce certain feelings on the appropriate

occasions.


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Dance as an Art an a Form of !ecreation

Dance is both an art and a form of recreation.

As an art, a dance may tell a story – "as

normally seen in an interpretative dance#, may

set a mood or epress an emotion.

$ ballet dancer%s movements can effectivelyportray the sharp and sly movement of a wolf or

the light and graceful movement of a swan .

As a form of recreation, dancing has long

provided fun, relaation and companionship.

Dance likewise springs from human desire for

personal epression and social connection.


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"asic Elements of Dance

1. #$eme – is a important element of the dance. &t is

the content or the main ingredient of the dance. &ttells us what a dance is trying to tell or convey. &t

has something to do with the message or what the

dance communicates.

2. Design – is the planned organi'ation or pattern of

movement in time and space.

a. %attern in time – provided by rhythm, groups

the unaccented beats of movements into measures. b. %attern in s&ace – created by floor pattern "the

path traced by the dancer%s travelling feet# and

planes "the levels on which one moves#.


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(. Mo'ement – is the action of the dancers as they

use their bodies to create organi'ed patterns.

)ody movement can be divided into steps, facialepressions and the gestures of arms and hands.

*. #ec$niue – is the ability in eecuting

movement. $ technically proficient dancer has

complete control over the muscles of his or herbody.

+. Music – plays an important role in the dance to

which it is closely related. &t is something melodic

and harmonious usually used as an

accompaniment. usic motivates the movements

of the dancers. &t is generally serves as

background that further captivates the spectators.


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-. ostume – is the clothing worn by a dancer when

performing before an audience. $ dance costume

may be costume designed for use in a specific

dance work, or it may have a traditional design, suchas those used in some ceremonial and folk dances.

/. horeography – is the art of designing se0uences of

movements in which motion, form, or both are

specified. horeography may also refer to the

design itself. $ choreography is one who creates

choreographies by practicing the art of

choreography.

1. 2cenery – refers to the setting or background

establishing the place of action of any dance in

order to make the dance more realistic and

beautiful.


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Three Dance Traditions

3. Folk Dance


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4. )allet


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(. odern dance


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5lements of Dance

2pace – the dancer moves in through space. Dance

movement takes up space, and a dance is

performed in a space.

Time – this is second element of dance. The dancer

moves with or against time. Dance movement takesup time, and a dance is performed in a prescribed

amount of time.

Dynamics – it is the third element of dance.

&t has two main components6 release of energy andweight or force. Dynamics is the interrelationship of

force, the release of energy and time. 7ow these

factors are utili'ed produces a movement 0uality.


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8ther Types of Dance

3. 9a''


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4. Tap


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(. 7ip:7op


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*. Sing


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+. Contra Dance


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-. Countr* an +estern Dance


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/. "ell* Dance


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1. Flamenco


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;. Contra


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3


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33. #ango


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34. !hilippine Folk Dances


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3(. #raitional Fol- Dances of t$e %$ili&&ines

a. #ini-ling


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b. ti-/ti- ("irs Dancing 0'er "amboo)


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c. uu


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d. Dinu**a


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e. #$e Sa*a sa "ang-o


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f. "inasuan


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g. #$e %ananggo sa la


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h. #$e Maglalati- (#$e Dance of +ar)


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i. #$e uratsa


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=. a&&a Malong/Malong


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k. #$e abanera "otolena


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l. #$e %antomina


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m. #$e Cariosa


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n. Maria Clara


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o. !igoon e $onor


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p. #$e Sing-il


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National Artist in Dance

3. Alice !e*es (2413)

: Founder, $rtistic Director5meritus and >ama 7ari

choreographer and

director.

: $lice >eyes is thevisionary founder of )allet

!hilippines under the

ultural enter of the

!hilippines who propelled

the company into a

national arts institution we

can all be proud of.


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4. !amon 0busan (5) (2446)

: $ dancer, choreographer,

stage designer and artistic

director.

: 7e achieved phenomenal

success in !hilippine dance

and cultural work.: 7e was also acknowledged

as researcher, archivist and

documentary filmmaker who

broadened and deepened theFilipino understanding of his

own cultural life and

epressions.


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(. 7ucresia 8rtula (5) (199:)

: horeographer, dance instructor and

spent almost four decades in discovery

and study of !hilippine folk and ethnicdance.

: 2he applied her findings to pro=ect a

new eample of an ethnic dance culture

that goes beyond simple preservationand into creative growth. 8ver a period

of three years, she choreographed

suites of mountain dances, 2panish:

influenced dances, uslim pageantsand festivals, regionall variations and

dances of the countryside for the

)ayanihan !hilippine Dance ompany

of which she is the dance director.

* 7eonor 0rosa ;o ingco (5) (19


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*. 7eonor 0rosa ;ouingco (5) (19


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=. Francisca !. Auino

: $cknowledged as the Folk Dance !ioneer.

: This )ulakena began her research on Folk

dances in the 3;4

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